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M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag

by M&M's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0040000605195 · M&M's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0040000605195

The verdict

M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag by M&M's scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 9 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Milk Chocolate, Sugar, Chocolaie. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

0/100
Avoid safety score
9
Many flagged · of 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0040000605195
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

3/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

00605195 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 9 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Peanut Butter M&Ms · ±0 BOOK-OFF …605195 · July 2026

15 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 00605195 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Peanut Butter M&Ms · Nearest score peer is Peanut Butter M&Ms at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. M&M's, Snickers, Skittles…0/1002. Peanut Butter M&Ms: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Peanut Butter M&Ms0/1003. Caramel Cold Brew: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Caramel Cold Brew0/1004. CABREW CHOCOLATE CANDIES 190 M&Ms m NET WT 1.41 02: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. CABREW CHOCOLATE CANDIES …0/1005. Cap’n Crunch’s crunch berries: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Cap’n Crunch’s crunch ber…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag (0/100 on 49 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag
0/100
Peanut Butter M&Ms
0/100
Caramel Cold Brew
0/100
CABREW CHOCOLATE CANDIES 190 M&Ms m NET WT 1.41 02
0/100
Cap’n Crunch’s crunch berries
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 49 (95th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 81,477 Snacks products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (9 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milk Chocolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Chocolaie
4
Skim Milk
5
Cocoa Butter. Lactose
6
Milkfat
7
Soy Lecithin
8
Watural Flavor
9
Corn Syrup Dexiren
10
Coloas Cncludes Hed 40. Corn Syrue Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
11
Less Than 2%of Citric Acid Tapioca Yellow 6
12
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
13
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
14
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
15
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
16
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
17
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
18
Apple Juice From Yellow S Lake
19
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
20
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
21
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
22
Concentrate
23
Corn Starch And Artificial Flavors
24
Carnauba Wax
25
Gum Acacia
26
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Skittles@ Original Bite Size Candies Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
29
Citric Snickers® Fun Size Bars Acid
30
Sugar Colors
31
Ingludes Red 40 Lake
32
Yellow5 Flavors
33
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
34
Cocoa Butter
35
Natural Chocolate
36
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
37
Lake
38
Blue 1 Peanuts
39
Corn Syrup Sugar
40
Palm Oil Lake
41
Blue Skim Milk
42
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
43
Egg Whites
44
Sodium Citrate
45
Gluten-free
46
Gelatin-free May Contain Tree Nuts
47
Peanuts
48
Milk
49
Egg And Soy

Full Ingredient List

MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLAIE, SKIM MILK, COCOA BUTTER. LACTOSE, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN, SALT STARBURST® Original Fruit Chews LESS THAN 1% 0F: WATURAL FLAVOR), SUGAR, CORNSTARCH INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, CORN SYRUP DEXIREN, COLOAS CNCLUDES HED 40. CORN SYRUE HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL; LESS THAN 2%OF CITRIC ACID TAPIOCA YELLOW 6, BLUE 1 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, BLUE 1, DEXTRIN, GELATIN, APPLE JUICE FROM YELLOW S LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, BLUE 2). - YELLOW 5, CONCENTRATE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, COLORS ALLERGY INFORMATION: CARNAUBA WAX, GUM ACACIA. (RED 40, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1) CONTAINS MILK AND SOY. Guten-Free MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS. INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, SKITTLES@ Original Bite Size Candies HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL; LESS CORN SYRUP THAN 2%OF: CITRIC SNICKERS® FUN SIZE Bars ACID, TAPIOCA INGREDIENTS: MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR COLORS (INGLUDES RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW5 FLAVORS, LACTOSE, MILKFAT, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE, SKIM MILK, LECITHIN, LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, BLUE 1 PEANUTS, CORN SYRUP SUGAR, PALM OIL LAKE, YELLOW 6, RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE SKIM MILK, LACTOSE, SALT, EGG WHITES, 1), SODIUM CITRATE, CARNAUBA WAX ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR ALLERGY INFORMATION: Gluten-Free, Gelatin-Free MAY CONTAIN TREE NUTS. CONTAINS PEANUTS, MILK, EGG AND SOY

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolates Candies

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag

Neighbours outside M&M's in the same lower screening band as M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within M&M's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare M&M's, Snickers, Skittles & Starburst Valentine's Day Candy Variety Pack - 45Ct Bulk Bag's 9 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0040000605195: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.